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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

FREDRICK F. BIOREN, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO BIOREN V BROTHERS, OF SAME PLAGE.

SLEEVE-BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent` No. 254,087, dated February 21, 1882.

v Application filed January 10, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concert@ Be it known that I, FREDRICK F. BIOREN, a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and State ot' New Jersey, have in vented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleeve-Buttous; and I do herehy declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use Io the same, reference being had to the acconpanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specificaton.

The object of this invention is to reduce the I 5 cost of non-separable cuff and collar buttons, to facilitate the operation of the same, and to render the device more durable. v

The invention consists in the arrangenent and conbination of parts,all as will be here inafter set forth, and embodied in the clains. Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts in each ot' the several figures, Figure 1 is an'elevation ot' a sleeve-button enbodying ny invention; Figs. 2 and 3, sections of the same, taken through line x, showing the shoe in two positions, the first adapting the button to secure the cufl', and the second adapting the shoe to be thrust through the button -holes. 0 Figs. 4 and 5 are views of detached portions ot' the button, and will be explained more detinitely hereinafter.

I carrying out my invention I construct the body aiof the button in any usual manner, and attach,bymeansofsolderorotherwse,ashank, b,having a slot,c,therein terminating near the outer end of the shanlgwhere is formed a crosshead, d, as shown nvFig. 4. I then form a cross-- 2 and 3, or by other appropriate means) to the face e' of the cross-bar. A spring, preferably flat, is then riveted or otherwise secured to the lower portion of the shank b, so that it Will bend back through the slot, and its free end will have a tendency to fly forward. Said free end of the spring engages with and bears against a flat side of said lug and tends to hold the same in a fixed position, as shown in the sectional figures, and as will 'be clearly understood.

By this Construction the button can be manufactured with comparative cheapness, while its 6o facility ot' operation is apparent.

. Having thus described my invention, what l claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patenta, s

l. In a button, the combination, with the slotted shank, having a cross-head, d, thereon, of a cross-bar pivoted thereon, having a lug, g, and a spring Secured to the face of 'the shank engaging with said lug, the whole being arranged and operatin g substantially as and for -the purposes set forth.

2. The combination,in abuttou, ofthe slotted shank,`the spring secured to the face ot' said shank, and the cross-bar, having a projecting lug working in said slotted shank and engaging with said spring, all being arranged and Operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth and shown.

3. The combination, with the body a and shoe h, of the slotted shank secured to said body, the cross-bar pivoted on said shank and Secured to said shoe, and the spring secured upon the face of the shank and bent backward through the slot therein and hearing forward againstthc lug, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth and shown.

In testi mony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 5th 'day of January, 1882.

F. F. BIOREN.

With esses GHAuLEs H. PELL, OHAs. T. WINTERS. 

